BACOLOD CITY – A boy died while his two minor brothers were saved from drowning in the sea at Purok 4, Barangay Asia, Hinoba-an in Negros Occidental on Friday.
Police identified the fatality as Justine de Leon, 8. According to Lt. Chrysler John Ledesma, deputy police chief of Hinoba-an Municipal Police Station, the three brothers along with their father went swimming around 7 a.m. as they welcome the New Year.
However, the three kids went farther and got drowned when they reached the deep part of the sea. They got easily drowned because they don’t know how to swim, Ledesma said.
Ledesma said their father tried to rescue them all but, it took him a while to see De Leon and his elder son, while his other son was rescued immediately.
De Leon was declared dead in a hospital where he and his brothers were rushed. His elder brother is now in stable condition at the hospital, police said. (Glazyl Masculino)
